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No End (1985)

No End poster
Original title
Bez końca
Directed by
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Genre
drama film
Country
Poland
Runtime
1h 49m
Rated
12
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 119 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A widow struggles with grief and the oppressive political climate of Poland under martial law. Her deceased husband's ghost watches as she tries to make sense of her life and the system that silenced him.

somberreflectiveslow-burnmelancholiccontemplativeintimaterestrainedpolitically-aware

What happens

No End (Polish: Bez końca) is a 1985 film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Grażyna Szapołowska, Maria Pakulnis, and Aleksander Bardini. The film is about the state of martial law in Poland after the banning of the trade union Solidarity in 1981. Kieślowski worked with several regular collaborators for the first time on No End. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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